About Practical Guidance
Trust Law module
With discretionary trusts now playing a vital role in
the lives of all New Zealanders, opportunities for practicing in
this area of law are in demand. Don't miss the chance to quickly
and easily deal with a trust law matter.
Necessary for anyone administering a trust or involved in
transactions with trusts, Practical Guidance is the ideal solution
for all your practical legal content, so you can have all the
relevant and essential tools in the one place.
Your easy online log-in opens the intelligently-designed
homepage, displaying a comprehensive range of guidance notes,
checklists, precedents, cases, forms and legislation across 17
topics. Included in the Trust Law module are over 130+ guidance
notes, 110+ precedents and 20 checklists. Special attention is
given to clarifying the law surrounding gifting and residential
care subsidies following the abolition of gift duty in 2011.
Stay current with trust law legislative
changes with our regular content updates, and streamline your work
with easy links to deeper research and related websites.
- 17 topics
- 42 subtopics
- 42 overviews
- 130+ guidance notes
- 110+ precedents
- 20 checklists
- Acquisition and disposal of trust assets
- Memorandum of wishes
- Residential case subsidies
- Trustee resolutions
- Gifting
- Transactions with beneficiaries
- Trustee appointment and retirement
- Resettlement
- Beneficiary appointment and removal
- Winding up a trust
- Multiple property owners
- Life leases
- Powers of the court
- Variations of trust
- Corporate trustee
- Drafting a trust
- Trust reviews
LexisNexis gives you access to the most relevant excerpts from
the sources below, plus full text of selected judgments and key
legislation:
- Law of Trusts (NZ)
- New Zealand Forms and Precedents
- New Zealand Law Reports
- Unreported Judgments
- New Zealand Conveyancing and Property Reports
- New Zealand Statutes
- New Zealand Regulations
- The Laws of New Zealand
- Morison's Company Law
- Morison's Securities Law
- Heath and Whale on Insolvency

Ayres Legal is a client focussed general practice law firm
that practices in the areas of property, business and trust law.
The combination of an appreciation of the need to maintain legal
currency balanced against practical legal experience allows the
delivery of practical, technically correct client-focussed
solutions.

Warwick Richard
Ayres - Ayres Legal
Partner
Area of
expertise
Asset and Estate Planning, Trusts, Commercial, Property
Qualifications
Bachelor of Laws
About
Warwick
Warwick has been practising as a lawyer for over 25 years. He
established Ayres Legal in 2000 identifying the need for a legal
firm that could offer practical, responsive client-focused
services. Warwick is an experienced trust practitioner who is able
to utilise the experience gained in other areas of practice to
ensure comprehensive and relevant asset and estate planning.